Explaining property damage from crashes at signalized intersections

Transportation Planning and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 217-231

  Obeng, Kofi ^a   Burkey, Mark ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Property damage costs; Signalized intersections; Tobit model; Vehicle crashes

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

PROPERTY DAMAGE COST; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION; TOBIT MODEL; TRAFFIC COUNTERMEASURES;

INTERSECTIONS;

COST; DAMAGE; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

GREENSBORO; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745568623     PISSN: 03081060     EISSN: 10290354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03081060600810972     Document Type: Article

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